Sporting Sucess!

Asha Newstead competed in the U15 State Hockey Team over the school holidays and won the Nationals. This is a fantastic achievement as Victoria has only won this one other time in the last 20 years.

Jade Frame was the Goal Keeper in the Development State Team. They finished 8th overall. It is also a great achievement to make this team and her first State Team.

Share your achievements

If you would like to share your daughter’s sporting achievements with the school community, I invite you to send in whatever information or photos you have to my email.

While I will always aim to acknowledge the achievements of our students in the Interschool Sport program, I am aware that a lot of our students are very talented in these sports at a State or National level outside of school or at a wider range of sports such as Fencing, Gymnastics or Diving.

Andrew Fero-Kovassy

andrew.fero-kovassy@mgc.vic.edu.au

State Swimming

What a way to finish off the Inter-school swimming season for 2019!

Last Wednesday a record 20 students competed in 24 events at the SSV State Swimming Championships held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

The 2018 season seemed like it could not be beaten, with a total of 13 medals won and a top 10 finish overall. As you can see in the results below, the athletes in this year’s Swimming team left the team of 2018 in their wake (pun definitely intended).

Not only did the team of 2019 win 17 medals, we finished 2nd in the aggregate points award. This achievement is incredible for 2 reasons: firstly, it includes points won in both female AND male events throughout the whole carnival and secondly, the winning school was Maribyrnong Sports Academy which no school has a chance of competing against.

Some specific highlights of the day:

Dominique Quirk (Yr12) finished her 6th year as part of the MGC Swimming Team. Dominique was a perfect role model for the younger students not only this year as the only Year 12 in the team, but over her 6 year ‘career’. Ever positive and encouraging of her teammates and opponents, Dom has been rewarded in her last 2 years picking up 4 out her 5 State Medals over those 2 years.
The 15-16yr Medley Relay and 16yr Freestyle Relay won a gold medal again. The group of 5 swimmers have now won gold in these relays since Yr7, making it 8 gold medals from 8 attempts.
Natasha Lowe (Yr9) arrived at MGC this year and played a big role in our team’s success. Winning a number of individual medals, she also strengthened our relay teams, helping them to a bronze medal and a 4th place.
The SSV Record set by our 16yr old Freestyle Relay team. The group of 4 swimmers add this record to their 12-13yr Freestyle Record set (and still holding) in 2016.
Kala Byrne (Yr8), Chloe Mitchell (Yr8) and Chloe Johnstone (Yr7) swimming in an age group 4 and 5 years above them and finishing a respectable 6th in the 18-20yrs Freestyle relay.
A total of 8 students winning their first ever SSV State Swimming medal

Given we do not have a swimming pool at our school, and do not run any form of swimming practice/training at all, credit must go to the athletes for their hard work and dedication to their own performances throughout the season.

Bring on 2020!!

Andrew Fero-Kovassy and Catie Cameron-Martin

Cross Country

Any students interested in representing the MGC Cross Country Team need to send Bridget Tellefson an email at bridget.tellefson@mgc.vic.edu.au to sign up for the team. We will also be holding training sessions on Friday lunchtimes starting Friday May 3rd. Please meet at the bike sheds near the Lyceum at 1:20pm. The first competition is on Wednesday May 22nd at Princes Park. Any questions please let me know. Happy running!

Netball Tryout Schedules

Year 7 Netball

Student must bring runners to each session. Competing in socks, school shoes or bare feet will not be permitted

Friday May 10th - Trial 1

Friday May 17th - Trial 2

Friday May 24th - Trial 3

Friday May 31st - Trial 4 (Top 30)

Friday June 7th - Trial 5 (Top 30)

Thursday June 13th - A/B squad training

Thursday June 20th - A/B squad training

Thursday June 13th - Last day to submit Social Teams

Friday June 21st - Division Carnival

Year 8 Netball

Student must bring runners to each session. Competing in socks, school shoes or bare feet will not be permitted.

Monday May 6th - Trial 1

Monday May 13th - Trial 2

Monday May 20th - Trial 3

Monday May 27th - A/B squad training

Thursday June 30th - Last day to submit Social Teams

Monday June 3rd - A/B squad training

Thursday June 6th - Division Carnival

Interschool Sport Report

Calendar

Date	Event	Info
Friday May 3rd	Senior Netball Intermediate Softball – Regional Finals Intermediate Volleyball – Regional Finals	All event details are on Compass
Tuesday May 7th	Yr8 Tennis – Regional Finals	All event details are on Compass
Thursday May 9th	Yr 7 Softball – Regional FinalsYr9/10 NetballYr9/10 SoccerYr9/10 Badminton	Netball training Wednesday Badminton training Thursday and Monday
Tuesday May 14th	Senior AFL	All event details are on Compass
Tuesday May 21st	Intermediate AFL	Training on Mondays starting May 13th
Wednesday May 22nd	Division Cross Country	Training on Fridays…see information above
Thursday June 6th	Year 8 Sport Day:Netball, Soccer and Badminton	Sign Ups this week
Friday June 21st	Year 7 Sport Day:Netball, Soccer and Badminton	Sign Ups this week
Wednesday June 19th	Regional Cross Country	TBA based on performance at Division Carnival
Wednesday June 26th	Junior AFL	Sign Up via link sent in email

This week is also SIGN UP WEEK for Year 7 and 8 Interschool Sport for Term 2. Students have been asked to sign up for either NETBALL, SOCCER or BADMINTON by this Friday.

Year 7 and 8 Students who are interested in playing AFL will need to sign up via the online link sent in an email.

Training schedules for Badminton and Soccer will be advertised within the next few weeks. The Netball tryouts and training schedules can be found in the newsletter.

Andrew Fero-Kovassy

Head of Sport

Community Initiatives

Access Health 150th Anniversary Schools Challenge

VACSAL Bert Williams Homework Club